Nodoka decided to focus on one of the fiancees. Looking over the list, she decided on the amazon warrior known as Shampoo. The young woman had many good and bad qualities. As she opened the file, she looked at the readings on the files, plus the file history.
In Nodoka's mind, it was upsetting that she was so destructive, with an uncontrolled rage. 'If one was going to be angry, best focus it into something more constructive.' Nodoka thought as she remembered her training at swordsmanship while Genma was away. Especially the little trick that her female instructor had taught her in controlling husbands.
'Also she is Chinese, which would mean some stigma for the family line. If it wasn't for the fact that I had a Gaijin ancestor in the past and Genma's family's closet is filled with skeletons. So it wouldn't be too bad. I mean it wouldn't bring any more looks than what I have to go through due to my hair.' Nodoka thought, feeling a slight bond with Shampoo over their unique colours. Red and purple were not the normal colours seen on the traditional Japanese head.
'She also has a curse that bring complete terror to my son. Thanks to my husbands stupidity. But that brings up the question on whether to fix the problem on Shampoo's end by giving her a new curse or removing it... or on my son's end by curing him of the fear.'
'Plus there is something of the ways of her Amazon heritage and behaviour that makes her seem like a bully. Especially the ruthlessness of killing all rivals and obstacles. Plus a deceitful, sneakiness that she uses without thinking about the results. That will not do!' Nodoka thought making a note.
'Now that I have seen the bad that I need to fix, let's look at the good I can increase and improve. She is a skilled martial artist like Ranma. Perhaps his only female equal in the arts. With a similar rough training routine, only it appears that Cologne seems to have more sense than Genma. Plus she is a better teacher, even if she as harsh as Genma. Or harsher.' Nodoka thought as she looked over Shampoo's training.
'Shampoo seems to show a friendly, perky personality at times that her personality flaws haven't overshadowed them. Even willing to befriend rivals for a common goal.' Nodoka looked at the file with a little surprise at what she saw. 'Interesting. It appears that Shampoo also has a submissive side that she tries to hide. It mainly appears with fantasies involving Ranma or following her Great Grandmother's lead in actions. That might be useful!'
Another plus in Nodoka's book was that she actually had developed something in the way of love for Ranma. Resulting from the mixture of heroic, caring and even selfish actions of her son had grown on Shampoo, making her fall for him. That he wasn't bad looking in either form helped. 'She is 8 on the hetro side of the 10 point scale. With the - 2 homo points caused by a minor attraction to females, especially Ranma-chan.' Nodoka saw, adding another note to her edit list.
'Finally, her physical structure is very attractive if the commons I have overheard the young people say. With internal strengths and skills that lurk beneath the outer package. Like Ranma. But it also says here that she comes from a strong and health line of men and women. Qualities that would be passed on to my grand babes. It is only the harsh conditions of the environment and fear of the Red Army's interference that has lead to the small numbers of Amazons.' Nodoka thought as she saw her selling point.
"So, how am I going to start the transformation of Shampoo into bride/mistress material?"
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